Fastener for straps



(No Model.)

- F. L. MOORE. FASTENER FOR STRAPS.

No. 605,609. Patented June 14, 1898.

WITNESSES:

I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

FRANK L. MOORE,OF CHATHAM, NEW JERS Y.

FASTEN ER FOR 'STRAPS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 605,609, dated une 14, 1898. Application filed March 19, 1896. Renewed May 13, 1898. Serial No. 680,638. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK L. MOORE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chatham,

Morris county, New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Fasteners for Straps, of 'which the following is a specification.

This invention relates in general to devices for tightening straps, bands, and the like after buckling or otherwise tying them and for slacking them preparatory. to unbuckling or untying them, which devices usually comprise a straining-lever connected medially,

, the straining-levento avoid the labor and exfastener.

pense of fastening the strap thereto by stitching, to provide for fastening the hinged end of the straining-lever to various points of the strap, so as to distribute the wear ofthe buckle on the perforated end of the strap, to simplify and improve the retaining device for the free end of the straining-lever, and to generally simplify, improve, and reduce the cost of manufacture and application of the strap- To attain these various ends, I,-in accordance with my invention, attach the strap to the hinged end of the straining-lever by means of an attaching-plate, which is hinged to the straining-lever and is by preference formed with a series of transverse bars separated by slots, through which the strap is closely woven in order to be bound tightly to the plate, one of said bars being formed with a stud which is passed through an aperture in the strap, so as to additionally secure the strap at any'desired point to the plate, and

- hence to the straining-lever, and said plate being also formed with a strap-keeper to engage the free end of the straining-lever, which is secured thereto by the strap.

I shall first describe in detail the mode in which I carry my invention into practice and then particularly point out its'various features in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings formingpart of this specification, in

which- Figure 1 is a plan view of a strap-fastener embodying my present invention after buckling, but before tightening. Fig. 2 is a sectional side view of the same after buckling and tightening.

Like parts are designated by the same letters in both figures.

A designates the straining-lever of the strap fastener illustrated, which is provided with a medial buckle B of any kind suitable for adjustably securing the free end 0 of the strap to the straining-lever, substantially as described in my said prior patent, No; 522,024, June 26, 1894. I

For attaching andhingin g the straining-lever A to the end D of the strap I'hinge to the cross-bar E on the inner end of the straininglever an attaching-plate F, consisting of parallel side bars G, connected by a plurality of cross-bars H, separated by slots I, but slightly wider than the thickness of the strap, and I weave the endD of the strap closely through the slots I, as shown, so as to bindthe straps to the plate tightly. One ofthe'cross-bars II is formed with'a stud J, which I pass through an aperture in the strap, so as to positively secure the strap to the plate F, and hence to the straining-lever, and take up the slight strain left by the strap-gripping bars H. I also place a Washer K on the stud 1 outside the strap and upset or rivet the stud J th'ereon where extra strength is required. With this construction the strap may be quickly secured to the plate F and may be readily shifted thereon, passing the stud J through another aperture in the strap, so as to bring another point of the perforated free end of the strap to the buckle B, and thus distribute the wear of the buckle on said end.

For securing the free end of the straining lever A to the strap after buckling and swinging over to tighten thestrap I in this case form the outer end of" the-plate F with a keeper L, which engages the free end of the straining-lever and passes through a-slot M formed therein, so that on passing the free end of the strap through the keeper L over the end of the straining-lever the latteris securely retained in place and is automatically released and the strap slaekened on withdrawing the strap from the keeper L.

This form of retaining device for the straining-lever renders the insertion of the strap through the keeper extremely easy and avoids an objection which has been heretofore found to exist in similar contrivances.

I claim as my invention- 1. The strap-attaching plate formed with a strap-receiving keeper and provided with means for attachment to the strap, in combination with a straining-lever hinged to said attaching-plate, carrying a strap-buckle intermediate its ends, and its end adapted to engage said keeper and be secured thereto by In testimony whereof I have hereunto set 0 my hand the 6th day of December, 1895.

FRANK L. MOORE.

In presence of WILLIAM R. Baum, HERMAN MEYER. 

